TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. DilatnS. 31 



Anonymos tinctoria. JValt.fl. car. 68, 



Heritiera nmelini. Mich Jl. amer. I. p. 21. 



Icon. Mkh.Jl. amer 1. ^ 4. 



In sandy swamps of New Jersey, and from Carolina to 



Florida. H/ . June. July, v. v. Root red ; stem and 



corymb very tomentose ; petals yellow inside. 



38. SISYRINCHIUM. Gen.pl. llOl. 



1. S. foliis scapisque simplicibus subsetaceis, spatha colo- mucronatum. 



rata : valva altera in mucronem longum desinente, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 50. Mich Jl amer. 2. p. 33. 

 In wet meadows of short grass in Pensylvania and Virgi- 

 nia. "}/ . June, July. v. v. Flowers beautiful blue, 

 smaller than the following species. 



2. S. scapo simplici alato, spathis in:3eqn.alibus flores supe- anceps. 



rantibus, Pers. ench. 2. p. 50 Cav diss. 6. p. 345. 

 S. gramineum. Lam encycl. l.jO. 408. 

 Icon. Bot.mag.464 Cav. I. c t. igo. f.2. 

 On dry hills and grass plots from Canada to Carolina. 



"}/ . July, Aug. V. V. Flowers blue. 



39. BOERHAVIA. Gen.pl. 13. 



1. B. caule tetragono glabro, internodiis viscosis, floribus erecta. 



corymboso-paniculatis. Willd.sp.pl. I. p. 19. 

 Icon, Pluk. aim. t. 226. f. 7. 

 On the sea-coast of Carolina and Florida. % . July. 



V. V. i V. 5. in Herb. Walter. 



40. COMMELINA. Gen. pi. 86. 



1. C. foliis lineari-lanceolatis glabris, vaginis subciliatis, angustifolia. 



involucris cordatis conduplicatis, Fahl. enum. pi. 2, 

 p. \Q5. Mich.Jl. amer. 1, p. 24, 

 In sandy woods of Carolina. l/.July. v. v. Flowers 

 in this as well as all ihe following species sky-blue. 



2. C. foliis lanceolatis petiolatis cauleque erecto- pilosis con- hirtella. 



duplicatis, involucris lateralibus terminalibusque sessi- 



libus. FahL enum pi. 2. p. ]Q6. 

 C. longifolia. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 23. 

 In shady rocky situations in Virginia and Carolina. %. 



July, v.v. Stems long, branchy. 



3. C. foliis lanceolatis subpetiolatis supra glabris, vaginis virginica. 



subpubescentibus, caule erecto simplici. Fahl. enum. 

 pi. 2. p. 167. Willd. sp. pi 1. p 251. 



